“Some of (the trees) snapped at 40-to-50 feet above the ground, so that probably caused some of the larger branches to fly through the air,” Eleanor Talbot of the National Weather Service told WBZ NewsRadio 1030.

(Photo by Doug Cope-WBZ NewsRadio 1030)

“The house was shaking and the windows were falling in. It was quite scary, then it went away,” a woman named Jennifer told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 in the Vernon Hill section of the city.

“(We) can’t get out the front door because there’s a big tree in front of it.”

(Photo by David Robichaud-WBZ-TV)

The path of damage was 1.7 miles long and was only one-tenth of a mile wide.